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Lao and Macedonian


Lao
Lao
Macedonian and Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos  
Macedonia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Albania, Romania, Serbia  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"  

Interesting Facts
  • There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
  • The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
  
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages  

Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
53  
32
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28  
20
5  
2

How Many Consonants
27  
17
26  
16

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)  
Благодарам (Blagodaram)  

How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)  
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)  

Good Evening
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)  
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)  

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)  
Добар ден (Dobar den)  

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)  
Ве молиме (Ve molime)  

Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)  
жал (žal)  

Bye
Sôhk dii der  
Чао (Čao)  

I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)  
Те сакам (Te sakam)  

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1.50  
99+

Dialect 2
Northern Lao  
Debar  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Macedonia  

Dialect 3
Central Lao  
Galičnik  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Macedonia  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
2.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
2.50 million  
99+

Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)  
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)  

Alternative Names
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao  
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  

French Name
lao  
macédonien  

German Name
Laotisch  
Makedonisch  

Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw  
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Macedonians  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
2200 BC  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Lao  
Macedonian  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Macedonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lo  
mk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lao  
mkd  

ISO 639 2/B
lao  
mac  

ISO 639 3
lao  
mkd  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
laoo1244  
mace1250  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-ha  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Isolating  
Analytic  

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All Lao and Macedonian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Lao and Macedonian dialects. Various dialects of Lao and Macedonian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lao are spoken in different Lao Speaking Countries whereas Macedonian Dialects are spoken in different Macedonian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lao vs Macedonian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao, Northern Lao. Macedonian dialects include: Torlakian , Debar. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Lao and Macedonian Speaking population

Lao and Macedonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Macedonian languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Macedonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Macedonian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Lao and Macedonian on Lao vs Macedonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Macedonian Language Codes

Lao and Macedonian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lao and Macedonian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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